What TTRPG Is Perfect and Complete In One Volume?

[teitan]

FOr me? Dungeon Crawl Classics. It's flavorful, it's a complete rule set in one volume. It's only weakness is the short monster chapter.

 

[darjr]

FOr me? Dungeon Crawl Classics. It's flavorful, it's a complete rule set in one volume. It's only weakness is the short monster chapter.

yeas!

 

[Bill Zebub]

Buttery Wholesomeness


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buttery-Wholesomeness-Todd-Shaughnessey/dp/0966476522

EDIT: I played Hol once, I was the Rorschach guy. I saved the Silver Surfer guy from a crashing spaceship by shooting him with my grappling hook gun and dragging him to 'safety'. I'd love to read a copy one day

That might force me to reassess my beliefs in the Creator.

 

[dbm]

I don't think I've run a single game where the monsters were no more complex than a typical trap.

In the Cypher system most monsters are defined by a single number from one to 10. You might embellish that and say that a specific monster is nominally a 3 but attacks as if a 5.

I personally found that a bit thin, but it can work.

 

[Thomas Shey]

In the Cypher system most monsters are defined by a single number from one to 10. You might embellish that and say that a specific monster is nominally a 3 but attacks as if a 5.

I personally found that a bit thin, but it can work.

I didn't say it was impossible. Cortex Prime would be pretty close to it in some cases, too. I just said I hadn't run one, which is mostly a reflection of the fact I'm not a fan of lightweight systems.

 

[dbm]

No criticism was implied or intended @Thomas Shey

 

[Thomas Shey]

No criticism was implied or intended @Thomas Shey

Just wanted to make it clear I wasn't trying to generalize too broadly here.

 

[Edifice Head]

DCC - i agree.
Blades in the Dark works very well as a single volume too

 

[jian]

As a teenager, we got a ridiculous amount of play out of the TSR Marvel Superheroes Advanced Set box. I never bought any of the supplements for the game, because the Judges book had enough NPC hero and villain characters to use and the Players book had everything you needed to make basically any kind of superhero you wanted to make.

To be fair, that’s two books. I preferred the Basic Set and it’s definitely short enough to cram into one book, but it wasn’t. Same with the D&D Basic Set.

I think Icons (either edition) is completely fine as the one book, though the supplements don’t hurt. Fabula Ultima is fine as one book. Supers! is absolutely dandy as one book.

 

[Bae'zel]

My first TTRPG ever was Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st edition. I think I was a bit spoiled by that massive tome; it had so much dense information and content. The only thing missing was the colleges of magic, but we did just fine with what we had. It had everything you'd ever hope for.

Oh the adventures! The Doomstones campaign, in particular, left long lasting memories for a lifetime.

Anyway, I still think it was one of the best, all inclusive TTRPGs ever, even if some of the rules are a bit dated. Some day I'lll convert it to Mythras and republish it with the same type of art (for myself).